Overcoming Challenges Westport Middle School Advisory Lesson

Icebreaker: Pick a Question Get with a partner. Take turns picking one of the following questions. Tell your partner which question you picked and answer the question. 1. If you had a time machine that would work only once, what point in the future or in history would you visit? 2. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? 3. If you could talk to any one person now living, who would it be and why? 4. If you HAD to give up one of your senses (hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting) which would it be and why? Icebreaker: Pick a Question

Agenda and Learning Target LT: I can learn about overcoming challenges Agenda: Discuss: What are the benefits to overcoming challenges? Audio Recording: Only a Game Questions Exit Slip Agenda and Learning Target

What are the benefits to overcoming challenges? We all have challenges in life. What are some examples of challenges people face? What are the benefits of overcoming those challenges? Do you know of anyone who has overcome a big challenge? Have you ever overcome a big challenge? What are the benefits to overcoming challenges?

Listen and Answer Questions http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame /2018/01/26/pat-mckenna- landmark-college-baseball Ballplayer with Dyslexia Finds 'New Beginning' Chasing Baseball Dream Listen and Answer Questions

How did Pat’s perspective change from the beginning to the end of the story? Exit Slip